Eschol Roark Bunch was a native and life-long resident of Simpson County, Kentucky. Upon reaching adulthood, he, his mother, Amanda, and sister, Alta resided in Bowling Green, where he worked as a clerk for W.R. Watkins.
Eschol was a World War I veteran, having been inducted into the United States Army on May 19, 1918 and serving in the rank of Private First Class at Base Hospital 113, a Type A unit of the American Expeditionary Forces, located at Savenay, Loire-Atlantique, France. Following his wartime service and subsequent honorable discharge from the Army on August 6, 1919, Eschol returned to his home in Kentucky to marry Clara Ellen Simmons Driskell and returned to live and farm at the former old Bunch Homestead, later known as the Baxter Bunch farm, in Northeast Simpson County until his retirement from farming, when he and his family moved to nearby Franklin.
On the evening of Sunday, March 18, 1956, Eschol was stricken suddenly with a heart attack at his home after returning from the scene of a fire at the Milliken Sweet Feed Mill on West Madison Street in Franklin. He was rushed to the hospital by ambulance, but died on arrival before a physician could attend him. Funeral Services were conducted at the Booker Funeral Home, with the Reverend Carey E. Witt officiating. Burial was at the Blackjack cemetery, near the family farm.
Portions taken from the obituary of Eschol Roark Bunch, which appeared in the Franklin Favorite newspaper on March 23, 1956.
Eschol was a World War I veteran, having been inducted into the United States Army on May 19, 1918 and serving in the rank of Private First Class at Base Hospital 113, a Type A unit of the American Expeditionary Forces, located at Savenay, Loire-Atlantique, France. Following his wartime service and subsequent honorable discharge from the Army on August 6, 1919, Eschol returned to his home in Kentucky to marry Clara Ellen Simmons Driskell and returned to live and farm at the former old Bunch Homestead, later known as the Baxter Bunch farm, in Northeast Simpson County until his retirement from farming, when he and his family moved to nearby Franklin.
On the evening of Sunday, March 18, 1956, Eschol was stricken suddenly with a heart attack at his home after returning from the scene of a fire at the Milliken Sweet Feed Mill on West Madison Street in Franklin. He was rushed to the hospital by ambulance, but died on arrival before a physician could attend him. Funeral Services were conducted at the Booker Funeral Home, with the Reverend Carey E. Witt officiating. Burial was at the Blackjack cemetery, near the family farm.
Portions taken from the obituary of Eschol Roark Bunch, which appeared in the Franklin Favorite newspaper on March 23, 1956.
Eschol Roark Bunch was a native and life-long resident of Simpson County, Kentucky. Upon reaching adulthood, he, his mother, Amanda, and sister, Alta resided in Bowling Green, where he worked as a clerk for W.R. Watkins.
Eschol was a World War I veteran, having been inducted into the United States Army on May 19, 1918 and serving in the rank of Private First Class at Base Hospital 113, a Type A unit of the American Expeditionary Forces, located at Savenay, Loire-Atlantique, France. Following his wartime service and subsequent honorable discharge from the Army on August 6, 1919, Eschol returned to his home in Kentucky to marry Clara Ellen Simmons Driskell and returned to live and farm at the former old Bunch Homestead, later known as the Baxter Bunch farm, in Northeast Simpson County until his retirement from farming, when he and his family moved to nearby Franklin.
On the evening of Sunday, March 18, 1956, Eschol was stricken suddenly with a heart attack at his home after returning from the scene of a fire at the Milliken Sweet Feed Mill on West Madison Street in Franklin. He was rushed to the hospital by ambulance, but died on arrival before a physician could attend him. Funeral Services were conducted at the Booker Funeral Home, with the Reverend Carey E. Witt officiating. Burial was at the Blackjack cemetery, near the family farm.
Portions taken from the obituary of Eschol Roark Bunch, which appeared in the Franklin Favorite newspaper on March 23, 1956.
Eschol was a World War I veteran, having been inducted into the United States Army on May 19, 1918 and serving in the rank of Private First Class at Base Hospital 113, a Type A unit of the American Expeditionary Forces, located at Savenay, Loire-Atlantique, France. Following his wartime service and subsequent honorable discharge from the Army on August 6, 1919, Eschol returned to his home in Kentucky to marry Clara Ellen Simmons Driskell and returned to live and farm at the former old Bunch Homestead, later known as the Baxter Bunch farm, in Northeast Simpson County until his retirement from farming, when he and his family moved to nearby Franklin.
On the evening of Sunday, March 18, 1956, Eschol was stricken suddenly with a heart attack at his home after returning from the scene of a fire at the Milliken Sweet Feed Mill on West Madison Street in Franklin. He was rushed to the hospital by ambulance, but died on arrival before a physician could attend him. Funeral Services were conducted at the Booker Funeral Home, with the Reverend Carey E. Witt officiating. Burial was at the Blackjack cemetery, near the family farm.
Portions taken from the obituary of Eschol Roark Bunch, which appeared in the Franklin Favorite newspaper on March 23, 1956.
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Headstone - "Married July 30, 1929"
Veterans' Marker - Kentucky, PFC, Base Hosp 113, World War I
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